JP2003346014A - Merchandise quotation support system using 3d image - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise quotation support system capable of simulating part replacement. <P>SOLUTION: This quotation support system preparing a merchandise quotation including images and storing it into a recording medium at the time of selling merchandise such as an automobile comprises a 3D image preparing means 1 preparing 3D images by 3D modeling such as a distance measuring method for the merchandise, a 3D image editing means 2 variously editing the prepared 3D images, a part library 3 maintaining various kinds of parts of the merchandise as 3D images, a part replacing means 4 constituting parts of the merchandise so as to be replaced with parts in the part library, a quotation preparing means 5 preparing a quotation including various kinds of items such as price of the merchandise body, various kinds of taxes, insurance fees and various kinds of expenditure, an animation preparing means 6 preparing animations using 3D images of the merchandise, and an output means 7 converting the 3D images with the quotation of the merchandise into a 3DA applet file, displaying and recording it into the recording medium. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product estimation support system for supporting the creation of a product estimate at the time of selling, leasing, and renting a product such as an automobile by using various computer system simulations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a paper method of selling a product such as an automobile has been mainly carried out by carrying a catalog. Recently, the number of sales systems using e-commerce and the like has been increasing. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 13-344444 “Automobile sales support system” discloses a plurality of automobile dealers A, B, and C as shown in FIG. Information processing terminal 1 that stores inventory information
00 and the server 200 is connected to the network 300
When the server 200 receives a quote request from the user, the server 200 configures a sales system that can increase the apparent stock amount by using the stock information of each store, and creates a quote for the user. A transfer system is disclosed.

[0003]

However, in catalog sales according to such a conventional method, a product (automobile) is recognized by a photograph (two-dimensional still image) or the like printed on the catalog, but the product is not sold. There has been a problem that the user cannot move, scale, or rotate the image. Further, in the "automobile sales support system" of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 13-344444, although the image of a product (automobile) is displayed on a homepage, the image of the product has advanced from a paper tag to an electronic catalog. Still, the product image is a two-dimensional image, and it is impossible for the user to easily operate the interactive image operation such as moving, scaling, and rotating by 360 °, and the product (automobile) parts can be freely displayed on the screen. There is a problem that it is impossible to simulate, such as changing the price on the screen or updating the price of the replaced part on the screen and automatically recalculating the price of the quote.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an image of a product (such as an automobile) developed on a recording medium or the Web, which is more realistic.
By creating a D image, the user can freely move, scale, and rotate the displayed image to check the product from all angles, and display product parts (body color, door, Knobs, roofs, wheels, lights, etc.) can be freely changed and viewed, after replacing parts on the screen, automatically update the price for the replaced parts, recalculate and display the quotation It is an object of the present invention to provide a product estimation support system using 3D images that can be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a sales material including a product quote used in at least one product transaction of sale, lease, and rental of a product. What is claimed is: 1. A recording system for recording on a recording medium, comprising: a 3D image generating unit configured to generate a 3D image of a product by 3D modeling using a distance measurement method; a 3D image editing unit configured to edit the generated 3D image;
A parts library that holds the parts of the product in a 3D image, a parts replacement unit configured to perform a replacement operation with a part that stores the parts of the goods in the parts library during reproduction, Estimation creating means for creating an estimate form including items of price, tax, insurance premium, and expense; animation creating means for creating an animation of the product by a 3D image; and 3D image, quote, and parts of the product Output means for converting the library into a 3DA applet file, displaying the converted file, and recording it on a recording medium. Further, the invention according to claim 2 is a playback system for playing a product demonstration by playing a recording medium on which a product quote including an image is recorded in at least one product transaction of sale, lease, and rental of a product. Recording medium reproducing means for a recording medium including a CD;
3D editing means for a 3D image of a reproduced product, component replacement means for performing a replacement operation of a part of the product with a desired part in the parts library and replacing the desired part with a desired part, and a product body price according to the replacement And a tax issuance means for automatically re-calculating taxes, insurance premiums and expenses and automatically issuing a quote. Further, according to the invention described in claim 3, the sales material including the image at the time of at least one product transaction of sale, lease, and rental of the product,
An estimate support system for creating an estimate by transferring via a network, comprising: a Web server that opens a site with an interactive Web3D image for an unspecified number of users on a wide area network and accepts browsing; Image generating means for generating a 3D image of a 3D image and converting the generated 3D image into an interactive 3DA applet file;
A 3D image database for storing images, a parts library for storing parts as 3D images, a parts replacement means for enabling replacement between the parts of the product and the parts stored in the parts library, and each time the parts are replaced Estimate issuing means for updating a part price, automatically recalculating the total of the price, tax, insurance premium, and cost of the product itself and issuing a product quote with a 3D image, and managing the transfer of the 3D image An FTP server and a database server that manages the database are provided.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a recording unit of a product estimation support system using 3D images according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a reproduction unit of the product estimation support system shown in FIG. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a playback screen of the support system shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an estimate based on the replacement parts shown in FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a 3D image generation unit that generates a 3D image of a product such as an electric appliance, furniture, or an automobile using a 3D camera image or the like, for example, by modeling using a silhouette method or other various methods. Reference numeral 2 denotes a 3D image editing unit for editing the generated 3D image. Reference numeral 3 denotes a parts library for storing 3D images of parts of the goods, for example, parts such as backup grips, roofs, wheels, lights, etc. when the goods are automobiles. 4 reads out the parts from the parts library 3 at the time of business and prepares a memory so that the replacement simulation can be executed with the parts of the product 3
D part replacement means.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an estimate creating means for creating an estimate template described later. Reference numeral 6 denotes an animation creating means for creating an animation by a key frame method or the like. For example, an animation that describes an operation such as a reference method of using a twin moon roof, a battery charging method, or a tire replacement operation that requires an operation explanation. Is for explaining the operation procedure. Reference numeral 7 denotes output means for converting 3D image data into a 3D image file such as VRML, 3DA applet and the like, compressing it, recording it on a recording medium such as a CD or DVD, and using it for sales materials and presentations.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a reproduction system in which a sales person or the like brings the created recording medium (CD) to the customer and reproduces it on the customer's personal computer or display device to perform a demonstration or a presentation. It is. In FIG. 2, 10 is C
Processing such as decompression and reproduction is performed by D (or DVD) reproduction means. Reference numeral 11 denotes a 3D editing unit that manages editing of mapping, cameras, lights, and the like. Reference numeral 12 denotes a component replacement unit that replaces and replaces a component in a component library recorded together with the 3D image file with a component already mounted on a product by a drag operation or the like. Reference numeral 13 denotes a quotation issuing unit that performs recalculation by reflecting the price of the replaced part in the quotation and issues a new quotation.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 3 is a view showing a display screen of the reproducing unit. When an image of a desired car type is selected from an index of various commodities stored in the CD on a thumbnail screen, this screen is displayed. In the upper left, an overall view 30 of the vehicle type is displayed,
The mouse can be freely moved, scaled, or rotated 360 degrees by operating the m, Move, and Rotate buttons with the mouse. Further, the body color can be changed by clicking each color button of the body color change button 31 located at the lower stage.

In the dealer option 32 and the maker option 33, it is possible to perform an operation of exchanging the parts of the automobile. When the respective selection items are input (for example, clicking the down arrow of the maker option and selecting / inputting “roof rail”) Then, the part 3D of the roof rail 35 is displayed in the display window 34 of the optional part at the upper right of the screen.
An image and a price are displayed, and a lower portion of the roof rail 35 of the entire image 36 in which the vehicle body is transparently displayed is highlighted in color. In this state, the user confirms the parts he or she wants to replace, and clicks a replace button 37, so that the roof shown in FIG. First, these processes are performed by the component replacement means 4 shown in FIG.
The parts and the like are prepared based on the parts of the parts library 3 and the 3D image of the car body, and the parts replacement means 12 shown in FIG. And the entire image can be replaced by a replacement replacement function using a mask process or the like.

Next, a price list 38 of the currently displayed image is displayed at the bottom of the screen shown in FIG. For example,
The current display screen is: Product name Price Installation labor Option Model name 23800000 Roof rail 25000 0 Total 2405000 yen 0 yen.

If there is no mistake in the new price due to the replacement part, the user clicks the "Get a quote" button in FIG. 3 and a "car quote" 40 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed. The vehicle estimate 40 includes items such as a vehicle sales price, taxes, sales expenses, accessories, special specification details, and special specification maker options of the template created by the estimate creation means 5 shown in FIG. For example, an automobile quote 40 shown in FIG.
380000 yen, optional parts replacement: back door grip 16500 yen, twin moon roof 105
An example of adding 000 yen is shown, but Excel
The update of the price of the replacement part due to (R) or the like is automatically reflected in the quote.

If the user does not disagree with the displayed quote, the user prints out the quote, attaches the final simulation image of the car whose parts have been replaced, signs the contract presented by the sales, and completes the order for the car. . In this way, by using this system, the user can change the color and exchange an order to exchange his or her favorite parts. On the other hand, dealers will be able to sell products in order-to-
A significant increase in sales is possible. In the case of a commodity transaction by leasing or rental, a monthly lease fee or a rental fee is calculated from the total amount of payment created by the estimate creating means 5 based on a rate corresponding to the lease period or the rental period. Create a letter.

Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a product estimation support system using 3D images according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 50 denotes a sales center that receives quote requests from an unspecified number of users, issues quotes, and sells products (such as automobiles). 5
1 is a wide area network such as the Internet;
Is an unspecified number of users.

Reference numeral 55 denotes a Web server; 56, a 3D image generating unit; 57, a 3D image editing unit; 58, a component replacement unit; and 59, a quote issuing unit for issuing a new quote after component replacement. Reference numeral 60 denotes an F for managing 3D image file transfer.
A TP server 61 is a database server that manages access to each database. 62 is the 3D of the product
This is a 3D image database that stores a 3D library of image data and components.

Next, the operation will be described. The 3D image generating unit 56, the 3D image editing unit 57, and the 3D component replacing unit 58 perform the preparation so that the component replacement simulation of the product (such as an automobile) using the 3D image can be performed as in the previous embodiment. The 3D image file created in this way is converted into VRML for Web. Regarding the conversion process to VRML, 3D display can be performed by plugging in a viewer such as Live3D on the browser side, but 3D display can be performed on the browser side without plugging in a viewer such as Live3D. A
Perform processing by pplet. For example, in a general procedure when 3D StudioMAX is used as 3D software, the MAX data of the generated 3D image is exported to a VRML format, rewritten to various nodes, and the VRML file is embedded in HTML and processed by a browser. 3DA (A: Applet or AnyW)
rewrite to file, compress and compress 3
The 3D applet is stored in the server as a DA file, and the browser downloads and executes the 3DA applet from the server, so that an interactive 3D scene can be displayed, and the browser can continue displaying the 3D scene alone without a viewer.

In this manner, the users 52 to 54 access the homepage of the sales center 50 and download the 3DA file of the product (car or the like). The user displays the 3DA file of the car on the browser and simultaneously downloads the parts of the 3D parts library and
A simulation of replacing parts of an automobile as described above is performed. When the user performs a desired part replacement simulation, the estimate issuing means 59 automatically issues an automobile quote 40 as shown in FIG. If there is no objection to the contents of the car quote 40, the users 52 to 54 create a purchase order in a predetermined format (such as e-mail) and
1 can order goods.

Up to this point, an automobile has been taken up as an example of a product, and sales on a recording medium, e-commerce via the Internet, etc. have been described. Applicable for goods. Next, an example of real estate sales will be described. Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a reproduction screen of the product estimation support system using 3D images according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a 3D image presented by recording a CD or the like or e-commerce or the like as in the previous embodiment, 70 is a 3D image of a room of a rental / condominium,
Use the buttons of Zoom, Mov, Rotat to move,
Operations such as enlargement / reduction and rotation can be performed. The color can be changed by selecting the flooring or carpet of the floor color change 71 on the left side of the screen.

The door on the right side of the screen, walk-through 7
In the selection of the button (2), if the door is opened, the button for entering during the walk-through is pressed and the arrow is operated, the viewpoint can be moved in the direction of the arrow to walk through the room. If you select the free walking button, you can walk through the room on the set route.

Next, in the thumbnail screen 73 of each part such as a washing machine and a television displayed on the lower part, when a predetermined place of the room 70 is clicked and any one of the parts 73 is selected, the thumbnail of the selected room is displayed. The part is zoomed to the position and set. Thus, in the case of a rental apartment, the user can change the layout to a desired layout and present it specifically.
In the case of a condominium, an order can be placed by performing a layout simulation such as attaching a partition, removing a partition, changing a door, or changing a toilet bowl.

The number of the parts 73 can be further increased by scrolling the thumbnail images 73 and calling them from the parts library. In this case, since the image of the replaced component is not deleted in the component replacement in this case, the same component replacement simulation can be performed as many times as it is called repeatedly. So far, we have explained examples of cars and apartments as products,
In addition to this, the estimation support system is applicable to all products.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When selling a product such as an automobile and playing back a recording medium on which sales materials including images and product quotes are recorded,
Recording medium reproducing means such as D, editing means for 3D images of reproduced goods, and part replacement means for replacing parts of goods such as automobiles with desired parts in a parts library and replacing them with desired parts. , Which automatically re-calculates the price of the product, various taxes, insurance premiums, and various expenses according to the replacement, and automatically issues a quotation, so that the user can freely exchange the parts of the product This makes it easier to sell products in order-to-order style, which has been difficult until now, leading to an increase in sales.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a recording unit of a commodity estimation support system using 3D images according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a reproduction unit of the product estimation support system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a reproduction screen of a product estimation support unit shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an estimate based on the replacement parts shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a product estimation support system using 3D images according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a reproduction screen of a product estimation support system using 3D images according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a conventional automobile sales support system.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 3D image generation means 2 3D image editing means 3 Parts library 4 Parts replacement means 5 Estimation method 6 Animation creation means 7 Output means 10 CD playback means 11 Editing means 12 Parts replacement means 13 Estimating means

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recording system for recording sales materials including a product quote used in at least one product transaction of sale, leasing, and rental of a product on a recording medium, wherein the product is obtained by 3D modeling of a distance measuring method. A 3D image generating unit for generating a 3D image; a 3D image editing unit for editing the generated 3D image; a parts library for holding the parts of the product as a 3D image; Parts replacement means configured to enable replacement operations with the parts stored in the parts library; and quotation creation means for creating a quotation prototype including items of the price, tax, insurance premium, and expense of the product body. An animation creating means for creating an animation using a 3D image of the product; a 3D image of the product, a quote, and a parts library The characterized by comprising an output means for recording on a recording medium and displayed into a 3DA applet file, the 3
Product estimation support system using D images. 2. A reproduction system for reproducing a recording medium on which a product quote including an image is recorded and performing a product demonstration during at least one product transaction of sale, lease, and rental of a product, wherein the recording system includes a CD. Medium recording medium reproducing means, 3D editing means for a reproduced 3D image of a product, component replacement means for performing a replacement operation of a component of the product with a desired component of the component library and replacing the component with a desired component, A quote issuing means for re-calculating the price of the commodity, taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses in accordance with the replacement and automatically issuing a quote. 3. A quotation support system for transferring a sales document including an image at the time of at least one of merchandise sales, lease, and rental through a network and creating a quotation, wherein A Web server that opens a site with interactive Web3D images for an unspecified number of users and accepts browsing, and a 3D image generator that generates 3D images of the products and converts them into interactive 3DA applet files Means, a 3D image database for storing the 3D image, a parts library for storing parts as 3D images, a part replacement means for enabling replacement between the parts of the product and the parts stored in the parts library, Update the part price each time the parts are replaced, and automatically calculate the total price of the product itself, taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses. 3D comprising: an estimate issuing means for recalculating and issuing a product estimate with a 3D image; an FTP server for managing the transfer of the 3D image; and a database server for managing the database. Product estimation support system using images.